Belt placer



Oct. 23, 1928.` 1,688,579

- H. H. FRANKS I BELT PLACER' Filed Feb. 24, 1927 TTORNEY Q Nv k WMS.

Patented Get. 23, 192531.

UNiTE-n STA-.r PATENT' "oFF17C1Egf g tasas-79 nanny H'. rRANKs, or TULSA. OKLAHOMA. .Y y y' BELT PLACER.

.- 'Application area February se,

My invention relatest-o beltplacers and more particularly to a deviceot that lcharacter for applying `a belt or bull rope to the pulley of th-e bull Wheel 01"' an oil' Well drilling rig.

With rigs of this kind the band and bullv Wheels must be frequently connected and disconnected during drilling operations, and when connected the beltfmust be tight because of the heavy pulling strains to which it is subjected.

rllhe connection betweenthe Wheels is made and brok-en by slipping the belt onto and trom the bull Wheel pulley; a diicult operation View ot the necessity tor stretching the rope beyond its operative tautness in order to pass it over the pulley tlange.

1t is the object of my invention to providey accompanying drawings, wherein F ig. 1 is aL perspective view of part ot a standard drilling rig, showing abull' Wheel equipped with a belt placer constructed and assembled in accordance With my invention.

Fig'. 2 is an enlarged detail perspective view of my rope placer.

Fig. 3 is a cross section vof the rope placer on the line 3-8, Fig. 2.

Referring more in detail to the draw-v ings 1 designates a derrick; 2 a band Wheel `vvith -v its pitman 3 and tug pulley 4; 5 a bull Wheel comprising the usual brake band 6 With its lever 7 and the pulley groove 8 for receiving f the beltor bull rope; and 9 the drill cable lil Which is attached to the bull Wheel and runl thereunder from. the derrick side. 1() designates the belt or bull rope Which isadapted to travel in the tug-pulley on the band Wheel and in the pulley groove in the bull Wheel to drive the bull Wheel trom the band Wheel when the cable is to be Wound on the drum to pull the tools. l/Vhen the tools are to be let into the Well, the belt is removed from the bull Wheel to tree the Wheel so that the Wheel may revolve rapidly under Weight of the tools and under control of the band brake. y K

My belt placer, by. which the belt` or bull rope is installed in or returned to functional relation with the bull Wheel, comprises a las?. seriai No. 170,496;

arc of gradually decreasing ra dii, With the angle :12 innermost, sothat the space between the flanges .terms anoutwardly,facing V- strip otangleirongll curvedon an Airregular V groove or trough 13 for seating the belt -lor angles at the long' radius end oi the strip being cut away on a curve, as at ll-,to avoid sharp corners and 'edges which might damage a rope applied thereto. y l

At the short `radius end ofA the strip, the outer angle ange 15 is extended beyond ythe inner flange 16 and turned outwardly in a li-p 17 to form a mouth vfor receiving the rope and avoid a sharp edge which might damage the rope when the latter is being'located in the placer. f

. The placer is adapted for attachment to the bull Wheel by brackets 18, Whichare atbull rope, as-Will presently bedescribed;,the f tached to the outer angle 15 by rivets or the f like 19 and to spokes 2O 'of' the Wheel by bolts or the like 21, and also by a bolt 22 extended' through an ear 23 on the out-turned lip 17 at the short radius end ofthe strip. f

In assembling the placer on the bull Wheel,

the angle strip is attached to the spokes ot the vbull Wheel with its long radius end'adjacent the hub of the Wheel and the short radius end adjacent the Wheel rim, so v`that vthe bottom of the placer trough atthe outer end of the placer is preferably slightly ybeyond the edge of the flange of the pulleyl groove of the Wheel. n

When the placer 1s so arranged and it is asv desired toy connect the bandand bull Wheels',

the bull Wheel vis turned to locate the mouth of the placeigroove at the'top of the Wheel and the belt or -bull rope is located in the tug pulley in the Vband Wheel and seated partly in the bull Wheel pulley groove and partly in the placer groove (Fig. 1). The band brake is then loosened to permit Weight ot the tools or of the drill cable to unwind the cable and thereby revolve the bull Wheel anti-clockwise. As the Wheel turns, friction of the rope in its V-shaped lseat in the placer groove, it is free of the placer and the latter I rotates idly with the Wheel.

While I'have referred to specic use of the invention in connection Withbull Wheels for Well drilling rigs, itis apparent that it is adaptable for use Withwheels of different character.

curvedon an arc of gradually reducing radii with one of its Walls lying against the rim of the Wheel, and bracket-s on the outer Wall of the angle member attached tothe Wheel p' lto secure the placer to the Wheel With the end of shorter radii adjacent the rim of the Wheel.

2. In combination With a Wheel having peripheral ianges forming a grooved rim,

a belt placer comprising a strip of angle iron curved on an arcof graduallyrreducing radii with one of its Walls lyingv against the rim of the wheel, and brackets on the outer Wall of the angle member attached to the Wheel to secure the placer to the Wheel with the end of shorter radii adjacent the rim of the Wheel, the outer Wall Y of the angle member being extended beyond the inner Wall'of said mem.`v ber att-lie'outerend of thev placer, and the `inner ends of the Walls being curved for the purpose Yeet forth. y Y Y Y In testimony whereof I affix my signature. HARRYy H. FRANKS. 

